On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Nalin Savara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi People... > Any folks around here who've fooled around with mailing list software ? > > Need some hints. > > Specifically; I want to know--- > > (1) I assume that for each of the various types of transactions, the > processing will happen in stages:-- > > a) Mail Recvd at Mail Server > > b.1 Software checks if a mail is a command to mail server--> command > processing happens. > b.2 Software checks if a given list it's subscribers only OR if list is > open-to-all; if subscribers only, then it checks if sender a subscriber. > > c) Mail sent to subscribers who get individual mails; and stored for sending > to people who want mail digests. > > d) When Cron run detects a 24 hr or more gap since last digest send--- > digest mail sent to all. > > > I assume that the code will have points where handlers can be added; and > also a possible API to let users add their own hook-handlers. > > > Anyone who knows more abt this code, please feel free to talk about it. > Also, anyone who can illustrate/share file structure OR share information > about existing add-ons/special versions that handle above cases--- please > feel free to post. > > Thanks and Best Regards, > > NS > > ps: my apologies incase above mail is too technical OR terse-- but ok.. > thats the nature of this subject!
Nalin, I guess it'd better for you if you take a particular list manager for ur quest and understanding, e.g., you can use mailman as you wanted to do it for ILUG-D. Now, for mailman, through a cursory search on their site (in developers' section, which should be the first place to hit to get the info) I couldn't see any talk about a plugin system. So, they might not have such an "api" exposed to 3rd parties, so you may have to go with the patch approach.. -Shantz ---------------------- I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, U can't prove anything - Bart Simpson http://blog.shantanugoel.com http://tech.shantanugoel.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
